School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 371

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    Every boy and man had to take a home made candle each night on their turn to give them good light to do their work.
    The men and boys used to learn English writing, English reading and English Spellings in the two houses in Hillside.
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    People were taught in Mrs Rose Mc Grory;s house in Dunree about one hundred and fift years ago and they taught Writing, Reading, Arithmetic, Spelling, and a little
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